Richard M. Linnehan
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
| Born | Richard Michael Linnehan September 19, 1957 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Other occupation
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Veterinarian |
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University of New Hampshire, B.S. 1980 Ohio State University, DVM 1985 Harvard University, MPA 2009 |
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Time in space
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59d 20h 49m |
| Selection | 1992 NASA Group 14 |
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Total EVAs
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4 |
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Total EVA time
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42 hours, 11 minutes |
| Missions | STS-78, STS-90, STS-109, STS-123 |
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Mission insignia
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Richard Michael Linnehan (born September 19, 1957) is an American veterinarian and a NASA astronaut.
Linnehan was born September 19, 1957, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and was raised by his paternal grandparents, Henry and Mae Linnehan. He grew up in the state of New Hampshire. He is single and enjoys various sports, outdoor activities and natural history.
After graduating from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in June 1985, Linnehan entered private veterinary practice and was later accepted to a two-year joint internship in zoo animal medicine and comparative pathology at the Baltimore Zoo and Johns Hopkins University. After completing his internship, Linnehan was commissioned as a Captain in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and reported for duty in early 1989 at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California, as chief clinical veterinarian for the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program. During his assignment at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, Linnehan initiated and supervised research in the areas of cetacean and pinniped anesthesia, orthopedics, drug pharmacokinetics and reproduction in direct support of U.S. Navy mobile marine mammal systems stationed in California, Florida, and Hawaii.
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